In Thailand, Sinhalese Buddhism made major inroads first in the peninsula in ... Cambodia and Laos. From there, it spread to southern Vietnam and the Yunnan province of China. In turn, Sri Lanka ...

By contrast, as Buddhism spread along land routes, it underwent profound change. There were great overland trade routes in those days and in later centuries too, that joined China even to the ...

Religious movements and religions have had an important role on the history of the Silk Roads. It is notably the case of Buddhism which had a considerable influence on the early trade routes. Within ...

"The discrepancies also arose from the rapid spread of Buddhism throughout many cultures and countries. As Buddhism gained popularity, each culture emphasized certain principles, rituals or ...

But Buddhism played a major role in a fall of the centre of the Islamic Empire. History often speaks of the continuous rise of Islam with the arrival of Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century.

Indian architecture has had a profound influence on Chinese architecture, thanks to centuries of cultural and spiritual ...

In India, on side routes of the Silk Road that crossed the passes to the Indus Valley and beyond, the older religion of Brahmanism had given way to Hinduism and Buddhism; the former never spread far ...

Goto believed Buddhism should be spread by flexibly changing the style in which its teachings are transmitted, such as in the stages immediately after Buddha, its founder, had been spiritually ...

5-12 Evaluate the achievements of the emperor Ashoka and assess his contribution to the expansion of Buddhism in India. 7-12 Analyze how Buddhism spread in India, Ceylon, and Central Asia.

They spread first in East Asia to countries such as Vietnam, Korea and Japan. Zen is a popular form of Buddhism in all of ...